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Truth Wanted

Truth Wanted

By: Atheist Community of Austin
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WHAT IS TRUTH WANTED? 🤔

Truth Wanted is a show about getting to the bottom of beliefs, whether it’s karma or Christ, Bigfoot or crystals. Truth Wanted would like to know how you know it’s true.

Hosted by ObjectivelyDan, Truth Wanted takes calls from the community (that means YOU!) and features new guests every week, emphasizing thorough conversations over name-calling and scoffing (most of the time). Truth Wanted focuses on how and why people believe what they believe, and how you can talk about beliefs in more effective ways.

Call Truth Wanted! 7:00-8 :30PM CT at 1-512-991-9242 or call with your computer 💻 http://tiny.cc/calltw


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Episodes
  • Truth Wanted 08.49 12-12-2025 with ObjectivelyDan and @HowtoRuleanAsteroid

    Truth Wanted 08.49 12-12-2025 with ObjectivelyDan and @HowtoRuleanAsteroid
    Dec 13 2025
    Show notes will be posted when available.

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    1 hr and 30 mins
  • Truth Wanted 08.48 with ObjectivelyDan and @CoachRenz33

    Truth Wanted 08.48 with ObjectivelyDan and @CoachRenz33
    Dec 6 2025
    In today’s episode of Truth Wanted, Objectively Dan and Coach Renz explore Schrodinger’s callers. Can the callers exist and not exist at the same time?

    Michelle in NY, proposes a version of Schrodinger's cat that replaces the with god’s existence where god exists in life and death at the same time. The cat can be verified to be in the box, dead or alive, yet we can’t even verify if god exists or not. If our morality has grown from the time of man’s creation of god to now, how does that change the monstrous nature of god described in the Bible? If we can’t answer the question of whether god exists or not, there is no point in answering god’s troll bridge riddles to determine our eternal fate, and therefore remaining agnostic is the default. Michelle has some fun points that are well suited for theatrical creative writing!

    Jon in Canada asks for Kelley Laughlin to join for Jon’s last call. Jon feels he has said what he needed to say in past shows and this will be his final call because he still does not believe in woke stuff, but wishes the hosts well. Kelley wishes Jon to have a good life, wants him to continue questioning everything, and tells Jon he is a smart guy capable of making better decisions. Dan reminds Jon of how he has reflected a genuine change of mind on things that are more that can be said than most of the people who call in. Kelley and Jon agree they have had some good conversations over the years. Walking away from Christianity is a massive change in your life and can sometimes turn things upside down. We hope you call again when you have had time to process.

    Dr. Girlfriend in TX proposes that just one hour of research on the most famous of the paranormal stories, will cause them all to fall apart. Be careful of being too skeptical because you will become part of the conspiracy! The topic of the Bermuda Triangle came up and Coach Renz mentions how he feared it as an adult to illustrate real world consequences of paranormal beliefs. Don’t let fiction and imagination morph into conspiracy theories!

    Kelly in the Pacific Northwest is a theist that is currently deconstructing. She has recently been concerned about what happens the next time something happens that is devastating if there is no god that is interactive with us, and is overwhelmed by what comes next. Dan mentions that when realizing you have to put your life together, it can be an isolating thing and how important help from other people can be. Renz adds that every time you are knocked down, you have made the decision to get back up. Remember to always fight for yourself and learn from your hardships. Kelly, thank you for the call; this is the best conversation many of us have had all week.

    Thank you for joining us this week! Kelley Laughlin, our back up host, closes out the show and reminds us to think of what kind of ornament to hang if we want to start an argument. See you next week!


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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Truth Wanted 08.48 Thankful For Our Haters with ObjectivelyDan, Jon The Skeptick, and Kelley Laughlin

    Truth Wanted 08.48 Thankful For Our Haters with ObjectivelyDan, Jon The Skeptick, and Kelley Laughlin
    Nov 29 2025
    Welcome to our Thankful For Our Haters 2025 Thanksgiving Special. While we give the hosts and the crew some much deserved time off to spend with friends and family, we wanted you to have something to enjoy your holiday meal with.

    This year, because we were so outstanding, there weren't many hateful comments about us individually, so we decided to branch out and find out some of the hatful comments that were out there in general. Some of these you are undoubtedly familiar with, but we're hoping some of these will catch you by surprise. So enjoy!

    Attributions and references

    1) George H.W. Bush https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_H.WBushand_the_Atheists
    2) John Locke https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/historic-document-library/detail/john-
    locke-a-letter-concerning-toleration-1689-and-two-treatises-on-government-1690
    3) Steve Harveyhttps://youtu.be/-dwwkWSyxUE?si=WgFCHBjU7CjH1MiM&t=813
    4) Phil Robertsonhttps://time.com/3759113/duck-dynasty-star-atheists-controversy/
    5) Newt Gingrich2011 speech at the First Baptist Church of Dallas while promoting his book A Nation Like No Other: Why American Exceptionalism Matters (2011), Regnery Publishing.
    6) Alice WalkerThe Globe and Mail (October 1, 2011)
    7) Dinesh D'Souzahttps://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1121/p09s01-coop.html
    8) Theodore RooseveltLadies' Home Journal (1917)
    9) Oprah Winfreyhttps://youtu.be/iNhN9KHIi4o?si=66y_b14w6764HO1F&t=1661
    10) Kevin Sorbohttps://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/DIREE934C5CRJ49
    11) Kirk CameronThe Way of the Master DVD Series, Living Waters
    12) Rick Reillyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-Ji77dolmA
    13) Tyson Furyhttps://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/oct/04/tyson-fury-cocaine-live-anymore-boxing
    14) Mark Driscollhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCmx2L-49Oc
    15) Dolly PartonClose Up with Arthlene Rippy (January 2011)
    16) Paul Walkerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf0qJanOnAM
    17) John Hageehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYA5Ypak7Ko
    18) Ben Steinhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExpelledNoIntelligence_Allowed
    19) Kenneth Copelandhttps://www.govictory.com/show/believers-voice-of-victory-daily/
    20) Chuck Norrishttps://www.wnd.com/2006/11/38960/
    21) Dennis Pragerhttps://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9904955-while-an-ever-increasing-number-of-people-consider-themselves-agnostic-the#:~:text=While%20an%20ever%2Dincreasing%20number%20of%20people%20consider%20themselves%20agnostic,atheist%2C%20belief%2Din%2Dgod
    22) Frank Turekhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fd7bvruM8U
    23) Ray Comforthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXLqDGL1FSg

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    1 hr and 4 mins
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